optimizer_adaptive_statistics

Fixes for Adaptive Features are included in Oracle 12.1.0.2 October 2017 BP

Finally … the two most important fixes for Adaptive Features are included in Oracle 12.1.0.2 October 2017 BP (Bundle Patch). I’m absolutely happy about this. Almost all of my customer and many folks outside I’m dealing with on a regular basis had to request and wait for merge patches over and over again. And we all knew – also based on the experience of the Real World Performance Team – that these two patches are so important to stabilize Oracle 12.1.0.2 production systems.

You may find this ALERT on MyOracle Support:

MOS Note 2289719.1
ALERT: Oracle Recommended Adaptive Feature Configuration

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Oracle 12.2 Adaptive Features are enabled in Oracle 12.1.0.2 Windows BPs

Oracle 12.2 Adaptive Features are enabled in Oracle 12.1.0.2 Windows BPsOracle 12.2 adaptive features are enabled in Oracle 12.1.0.2 Windows BPs already, This is quite a surprise to me. But thanks to Michael Pfautz. He alerted me today.as he was wondering why his database didn’t start up anymore after he applied the August 31 Bundle Patch on Windows. It complained about the parameter optimizer_adaptive_features in the SPFILE. Michael had to remove this parameter before he could startup his database again.

Oracle 12.2 Adaptive Features are enabled in Oracle 12.1.0.2 Windows BPs

We recommend to add two very important parameters to Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 installations.

Enabling Oracle 12.2 Adaptive Features

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Enabling Oracle 12.2 ADAPTIVE Features in Oracle 12.1.0.2

Oracle Database 12.2 introduces the new split-up adaptive parameters, OPTIMIZER_ADAPTIVE_PLANS and OPTIMITER_ADAPTIVE_STATISTICS. And the key trigger to cure potential and known performance issues in Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 is enabling Oracle 12.2 ADAPTIVE Features in Oracle 12.1.0.2

For more information please see:

Enabling Oracle 12.2 ADAPTIVE Features in Oracle 12.1.0.2

But Oracle Database 12.2 on-premises is not out yet – so what should you do when upgrading to Oracle Database 12.1 – or struggling with some of the “adaptive” features in Oracle 12.1?

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OPTIMIZER_ADAPTIVE_FEATURES obsolete in Oracle 12.2

The Oracle Database 12.1 parameter OPTIMIZER_ADAPTIVE_FEATURES has been made OBSOLETE (i.e. must be removed from the SPFILE when upgrading) in Oracle Database 12.2.

It gets replaced with two parameters of whom one is enabled, the other one is disabled by default:

  • OPTIMIZER_ADAPTIVE_PLANS=TRUE by default
  • OPTIMIZER_ADAPTIVE_STATISTICS=FALSE by default

Nigel Bayliss, our “Optimizer” Product Manager has blogged about it already with way more detailed insights.

But as Oracle Database 12.2 on-premises is not available how should you deal with this feature in Oracle Database 12.1?

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